If there ever was a time that nothing existed, then nothing would exist now

A universe whose only claim to be believed in rests on the validity of inference must not start telling us the inference is invalid.

Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy. These pure and spontaneous pleasures are ‘patches of Godlight’ in the woods of our experience.

If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole house.

Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible.

And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to do another and harder and better one.

To what will you look for help if you will not look to that which is stronger than yourself?